1034 Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the [Oct. 



BUNGARUS CANDIDUS, (Lilinc.) 



Syn.— Seba II, T. 66, Figs. 3 and 4. 

 Coluber candidus, Linne. 

 Russell I, PL 1. Paragoodoo. 

 Russell II, PI. 31. Sew Walaley. 

 Pseudoboa ccerulea, Schneider. 

 Boa lineata, Shaw. 

 Bungarus cceruleus, Daudin. 

 Bungarus semifasciatus, Kuhl. 

 Aspidoclonion semifasciatum, Wagler. 

 Bungarus semifasciatus, Schlegel. 



Above black with steel blue reflections, interrupted by numerous 

 narrow transversal white bands, produced by the white edges of the 

 scales. On each side the bands are bifurcated, and the two or three 

 lowest series of scales, white with black spots. Lips and throat white ; 

 abdominal surface yellowish white. Iris black ; tongue white. 



Scuta 201 to 221 ; Scuta sub-caudalia 38 to 56. 



Habit. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Tenasserim, Bengal, Assam, Coromandel, Ceylon, Ma- 

 labar. 

 A single young individual, killed by Capt. Congalton near Keddah, 

 was of the following dimensions : 



Length of the head, ft. 1 inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, 2 3| 



Ditto ditto tail, 4| 



2 ft. 9f inch. 



Circumference of the neck If, of the trunk 2, of the root of the tail 

 1^ inch. 



Assam produces also a constant variety (B. lividus, Cantor) of a 

 uniform blue black above ; beneath yellowish white : in some the scuta 

 blackish with white edges. In the very young the head is white with a 

 black line between the occipital shields. It farther differs in having the 

 hexagonal scales smaller, less distinct from the rest, and the tail more 

 robust than the normal individuals. 



Bungarus fasciatus, (Schneider.) 



Syn.— Scheuchzer, PI. 655, Fig. 8. 

 Seba II, PI. 58, Fig. 2. 

 Russell I, PI. 3. Bungarum Pamah. 

 Pseudoboa fasciata, Schneider. 

 Boa fasciata, Shaw. 



